Garment-hanger



PATENTED JAN. 12, 1904.

E. SHOBNFMAN,` GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1903.

No MODEL.

Patented January 12, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELEONORE SHOENEMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARNIENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,455, dated January 12, 1904.

Application ed March 9, 1903. Serial No. 146,910. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEoNoRE SHOENEMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention :relates to improvements in garment-hangers; and it consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, particularly designated in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichm Figure 1 is a perspective of the invention, andFig. 2 relates to a detail thereof.

The support for the coat consists of a bar lO, Which may be of any suitable material, but is shown as made of wood, and `which is curved to conform to the yoke of the garment, so as to support the same in the shape it assumes when Worn. Carried by the bar 10 and located under the same at a suitable distance is a rod 11, which in the present con-` struction is made of a strand of Wire, the ends 12 thereof being bent upwardly and fixed to the under side of the bar 10 near its ends.

The rod 11 is designed to have attached thereto an outwardly-bowing frame or rod 13, hinged at the ends to the rod 11, so as to be capable of being folded upwardly out of the way when not in use. This rod 13 in its normal position or as seen in Fig. l is designed to hold the front or breast of the coat `outwardly and prevent it from sagging and getting out of shape.

pair of the loops are bent upwardly, as at 15, By this arrangement from opposite sides.

the trousers are supported by their buttons, which rest on the side wires of the loop, instead of directly by the thread securing the buttons. The loops 14 are made adjustable in order to adapt the support to trousers of dierent waist-measures or where the buttons are not placed in the usual positions, and to throw the free ends of the loops near together the attaching-arms ofeach set or pair are arranged in alternation, as shown.

A hook 16 is fixed to the top of the bar 10 for. suspending the hanger, and such hook adjacent the bar is bowed forwardly to provide a recess for the collar of the coat to rest in.

A handle 17 of convenient length is fixed to the under side of the bar 10 and through which the rod 11 passes to provide a means for lifting the hanger up when it is to be suspended from a hook located at an inconvenient height from the iioor.

The loops 14 are of special value for supporting ladies garments, which may be suspended from them by means of the loops of tape which are ordinarily provided at the waist, and when thus suspended are spread in such manner that they hang without folds or wrinkles.

The implement is made of light material, so that it is very conveniently handled notwithstanding its many utilities.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a coat-supporting bar, -a rod located under, and having upwardly-extending ends fixed to, the bar, and an outwardly-bowing form-frame hinged at its ends to the rod.

2. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a coat-supporting bar, a rod located under, and having upwardly-extending ends fixed to, the bar, an outwardly-bowing wire frame connected to the rod, and trousers-buttonsengag ing devices located at opposite ends of the rod.

3. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a coat-supporting bar, a rod located under, and having upwardly-extending ends fixed to the bar, a pair of trousers-buttons-engaging loops slidably mounted on the rod near the ends thereof, and the free endsof which are bent upwardly in relatively opposite directions.

4. In a garmenthanger, in combination, a

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coat-supporting bar, a rod located under, and having upwardly-extending ends fixed to the bar, trousers-buttons-engaging devices carried by the rod, and a depending hand-rod secured to the supporting-bar and through which the first-mentioned rod passes.

5. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a Support, a pair of trousers-buttons-engaging devices at each end thereof and each of which comprises a looped strand of wire having up- IO wardly-diverging ends attached to the rod and alternating with the ends of the other loop, the lower and bent ends of said loops being' turned upwardly and outwardly.

, ELEONORE SHOENEMAN. Witnesses:

LoUIs K. GrLLsoN, E. M. KLATCHER. 

